Seven Nation Army
| Seven Nation Army | |
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| The White Stripes | |
| publication | March 7, 2003 |
| length | 3:52 |
| Genre (s) | Alternative rock |
| text | Jack White |
| music | Jack White |
| Award (s) | Grammy Award for Best Rock Song ( 2004 ) |
| album | Elephant |
| Cover versions | |
| 2010 | Ben l'Oncle Soul |
| 2012 | Percival |
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Seven Nation Army is a song by the American band The White Stripes . It was the first release from their album Elephant . The single was released on May 13, 2003. In Germany, the song received a gold record in 2010 for more than 150,000 copies sold .
Several US and British music magazines (including Q and NME ) voted Seven Nation Army among the ten best guitar songs of all time. There are cover versions of Flaming Lips , Hard-Fi , Audioslave , Jamie Cullum , Chris Liebing , The Dynamics , Kate Nash , The BossHoss , Ben l'Oncle Soul and The Oak Ridge Boys, among others .
background
The guitar riff that can be heard throughout most of the song was created while improvising during a sound check before a White Stripes concert in Melbourne . The theme bears a certain resemblance to the first main theme of the first movement of Anton Bruckner's 5th symphony , but there is no indication that a quote was intended.
The name Seven Nation Army comes, according to Jack White by himself he had as a child instead of "Salvation Army" (German:. Salvation Army ) "Seven Nation Army" said.
The music video was directed by Alex and Martin and shows a seemingly endless journey through a tunnel of black, white and red triangles, along the edges of which armed human skeletons, reminiscent of soldiers, march at some points in the video.
Cultural meaning
The song gained popularity in particular through European football fans who sing the melody with their own lyrics. Fans of Club Brugge sang it for the first time in a UEFA Champions League match in the 2003/04 season . After the UEFA Cup match between Club Bruges and AS Roma in 2006, the song also became well known in the Italian league . After the victory of the Italian national team at the 2006 World Cup in Germany, the Riff became the anthem for Italian fans. Meanwhile, fans of numerous other clubs had adapted the riff for their stadium chants . It also became increasingly popular as a goal anthem . He was also placed under when the national teams marched into the stadiums at the 2008 European Championships in Austria and Switzerland. Because of this, the single reached number 4 in the German single charts five years after its release in early July 2008 .
Seven Nation Army is often used in casting shows for candidate appearances. The version of Percival in The Voice of Germany was popular , which could also be sold as a download title and reached number 45 in the German single charts in February 2012.
A version of the song modified by The Glitch Mob is part of the soundtrack of the action film GI Joe - The Reckoning and is used in the trailers of the film, as was the remix in the trailer for the first-person shooter Battlefield 1 .
The Dutch dart player Michael van Gerwen , who is considered to be one of the best players in the world, uses the title as a run-in music.
Awards for music sales
| Country / Region | Award | Sales |
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| Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales) |
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 Denmark (IFPI)
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 gold
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30,000 |
 Germany (BVMI)
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gold
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150,000 |
 Italy (FIMI)
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 platinum
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50,000 |
 United Kingdom (BPI)
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platinum
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600,000 |
| All in all |
2 × gold, 2 × platinum |
830,000 |
Web links
Individual evidence
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↑ Chart sources:
- 7 Nation Army in the German charts on OfficialCharts.de
- 7 Nation Army in the Austrian charts on AustrianCharts.at
- 7 Nation Army in the Swiss charts on Hitparade.ch
- 7 Nation Army in the Official UK Charts (English)
- Seven Nation Army on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart
- ↑ http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage3.htm#Guitar%20Tracks
- ↑ http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_writers.htm#Tracks%20Of%20The%20Decade
- ↑ Carsten Schumacher: Annual Review 2003. Rock. Retro 2.0. ( Memento of the original from July 23, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. From: intro.de, December 10, 2003. Retrieved November 16, 2012
- ^ Now.de: The song of the decade: Seven Nation Army by the White Stripes
- ↑ Joseph Patel: True believers. The White Stripes live out of their rock-and-roll fantasy. (No longer available online.) In: The Boston Phoenix . April 24, 2003, archived from the original on October 9, 2015 ; accessed on February 1, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ SportsIllustrated.cnn.com: Totti's time - Italy star relishes last chance to shine on world stage ( Memento from June 16, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- ^ SZ-Magazin: The Stadium Mitgröl song
- ↑ The White Stripes: Thanks to football in the charts. On: tonspion.de, June 24, 2008. Retrieved November 16, 2012
- ^ Award in Denmark
- ↑ Award in Germany
- ↑ Award in Italy
- ↑ Award in the United Kingdom
